Filler-form for embroidery.



l. GOTTSCHALK.

FILLER FURM FOR EMBROIDERY.' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1916.

wvemtoz Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

JULIUS GOTTSCHALK, 0F NEW YORK, N'. Y.

FILLER-FORM FOR EMBROIDERY.

Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No. 87,014.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULiUs GoT'rsoHALK, a Subj ect of the Emperor of Germany, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State ofI New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filler- Forms for Embroidery; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to filler forms for embroidery and more particularly to washable forms of this character, and to the process of making them.

Thel principal object of the invention is to provide a device ofthis character so constructed which, while sufiiciently rigid to retain its shape, is yet flexible enough to adapt it to conform to the foundation on which it is mounted and to which it is adapted to be 'applied by embroidering thereover, and

which when laundried will not shrink or disintegrate but will retain its initial shape during the vlife of the article to which it is applied.

Another object is to provide an improved process of making forms of this character.

Still another object is to so construct forms of thischaracter that they may be interlockingly engaged to form monograms, and for other purposes.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and the combination and ar- [rangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a. perspective View of the com-v posite sheet from which this filler form Vis cut out, showin :it in the process of manif facture and be ore 1t has been compressed and dried;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a filler form in the shape of a capital letter;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one of the forms employed in constructing a monogram. y Fig. 5 is a, front elevation of a monogram complete.

The filler form 1 constituting this invention is produced in the following manner, to wit, by first forming an outer layer or facing Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatentedpApr. 3, 1917.

2 of wool felt fabric impregnated with a suitable s tiifening substance which imparts sufficient bodyto the fabric to adapt it to be readily handled without crumpling and which retains the wool fibers in catenated condition. This facing 2 so formed is then coated on its inner face with a thick layer 3 of book binders or similar paste. A backing 4 of tough parchment paper is then applied to the -rear paste-coated face of the facing layer 2 and these superposed layers are then placed between compression members in the form of boards (not shown), which will absorb any excess of paste and suiicient pressure is applied thereto to cause. the paste to penetrate the felt facing and securely unite it to the parchment paper backing. These layers remain in the press for about a week more or less which will be sufficient to compress the fibers of the felt fabric into compact form, to force the paste thereinto and to permit the paste to partially dry. The sheet S formed thereby is then removed from the. press and the drying thereof completed so that the firmly compressed fibers of felt will be held by the paste and all danger of shrinkage of the material when afterward subjected to moisture will be avoided. After the sheet S is entirely dry the rear face of the backing 4 thereof ispreferably coated with a suitable adhesive 5 which is designed for attaching the filler forms struck out from sheet S`\to the article to which they are to be applied.

After the adhesive coating 5 is dried, the sheet S is ready for the cutting out therefrom of the filler forms shown at 1. These forms 1, which may be of any desired configuration, are cut or stamped out from sheet -S by suitable shaping and embossing dies (not shown) which impart to the forms the peculiar embossed effect shown in Fig. 3.

Much experimenting in constructing forms ofv this character has proven that in order to render them sufficiently rigid and to adapt them to retain their embossed shape, it is essential that the backing 4 of parchment pa er or analogous materlal be employed.

fter these forms have been so cut out they are ready for use and may be put up in packages ready for use or forsale.

In the use of these forms, one having the desired configuration is selected and is attached to the article to -which it is to be applied, by moistening the gum or glue on posit-ion on the article on which it is to be mounted. After it -has been so attached, it is secured in position by embroidering thereoverin the usual manner, performing the function of the ordinary filler used in embroidery of this character.

By constructing these filler forms in the manner above described they willy retain their shape indefinitely and when the article to which they are attached is laundried they will not disintegrate when thoroughly saturated with lWater or a cleansing Huid. The wetting operation will dissolve the paste and glue of the form but the woolfibers of the felt will not shrink, and when the article is dried these `fibers will expand and fluff' out, thereby completely filling the casing formed by the embroidery threads and present a full padded appearance, the same as before being laundried.

'When it is desired to combine two or more of these forms to produce a monogram or for other purposes they are interlockingly engaged by weaving them togetherJ and when closed letters or forms are used, such for instance as B, B, as shown in Fig. 5, the.top and bottom cross bars 1 and l1 are slit transversely at diagonally opposite points as shown at 12 and 13 to provide for the intertwining ofthe two letters, the top letter having the upper portion of one side bar 14 inserted through slit 12 in the upper cross bar 10 and its other side bar 15 positioned over and concealing said slit 12 while thelower portion of its side bar l is passed through slit 13 and under the`lower cross bar 11 of the lower letter and its side bar 14 disposed over and concealing said slit 13, as shown in Fig. 5. It will thus be seen that the letters may be readily woven together and held l in interlocking engagement by gluing the letters together at their points of intersection, it being only necessary to moisten the gum or mucilage on the backs of the overlapping portions.

While this fller form is shown and de- I scribed as a letter form, obviously it may be of any desired configuration.

1. lA washable filler form comprising an outer facing layer of stifened wool felt fabric, a parchment paper backing united to -said layer, and an adhesive arranged on the outer .face of said backing.

2. A' washable filler form comprising an outer facing layer of stiifened wool felt fabric, a parchment paper backin having an adhesive on its outer face, an a thick layer of dissolvable paste arranged between said facing and backing and compressed into uniting engagement with said facing and backing.

3. The process o-f making a washable ller form for embroidery which consists in first forming a composite sheet by coating one face of a layer of Wool felt with a thick layer of dissolvable ing said paste coated elt layer on a flexible backing,

then compressing the so disposed aste, then vsuperposlayers until they are firmly united and the sheet formed thereby partially dried, then removing said sheet from compression and completing the drying thereof, and then cutting out v.forms of desired configuration from said sheet.

4. The process of making a washable filler form for embroidery which consists in first forming a composite sheet by coating a facing layer of stifened wool felt with a thick layer of dissolvable paste, then superposing said stiffened paste coated felt layer on a parchment paper backing, then subjecting the so disposed layers to compression and an absorbing medium until the layers are firmly united and the sheet formed thereby partially dried, then removing said sheet from com ression and completing the drying thereo and then cutting out forms of desired configuration from said sheet. Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIUS GOTTSCHALK. Witnesses:

HERMAN BRASCH, JOSEPH HEUNHEL. 

